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There is a high risk of salmonella infection with reptiles of any kind, so the cleaning of equipment and enclosures should be done somewhere besides the kitchen. Disinfect cleaning surfaces with bleach and always wash your hands with soap and warm water after handling your snake
Your pet’s new home:
Snakes require relatively little space because of their limited activity. The size of the enclosure should be large enough to allow the snake adequate room to stretch out and move around. Aquariums, or other similar glass and Plexiglas-lined enclosures, are usually the best because they allow a good visual of your pet and still allow you to maintain suitable safety and environmental temperature and humidity levels.
Wire-lined enclosures cannot maintain proper temperature and humidity levels and present a problem with injuries to the nose of your snake because they will try and escape through the wire mesh. Any enclosure must have a secure top and be escape-proof.
Good homes need good flooring:
Unprinted newsprint, butcher paper, paper towels, terrycloth towels and indoor-outdoor carpeting are the most suitable materials for covering the bottom of a snake's home. Do not use pea gravel, kitty litter, or wood shavings because they make the snakes house too difficult to clean and will trap moisture and filth, becoming a home to external parasites. And these materials can be accidentally eaten while the snake is feeding, causing injury to the digestive tract.
Contents of your pet’s home:
Your snake’s home should include some sturdy branches of various hardwood trees, or those fabricated from artificial materials. You can also include hanging ropes and driftwood.
Snakes need privacy and a place to go when feeding since some reptiles do not like to feed while in the open. You can use a couple of boxes they can curl up inside, and you can use silk artificial plants which are easy to clean and disinfect. These help with the humidity because they can be misted frequently. And this all makes your snake’s home look nice.
Controlled Temperatures:
Tropical snakes like the Boa and Python require daytime temperatures between 80 and 85° F. At night, the temperatures can fall between 70 and 75 F without creating problems. Large enclosures can have heat lamps, or heaters, equipped with thermostats. Small enclosures can be adequately heated by placing a heating pad directly underneath them.
Plan to heat only half the enclosure so the snake has a cooler place to retreat to when it wants. Exposed heat sources must be shielded to protect snakes from serious burns as they will attempt to warm themselves by coiling right against them.
Check these appliances frequently for malfunction and periodically check the snake for evidence of burns because snakes generally do not move away from heat-generating appliances even if they are being severely burned.
Humidity and Water:
Snakes should have clean water for drinking and bathing. Normally, this will also meet the humidity needs your snake requires. If it doesn’t, then you can place the water dish under the light or heater. This will increase evaporation and, subsequently, increase the humidity. If you do this, then a second dish of water should be placed away from the heat source as snakes do not like to drink hot water.
Proper Lighting:
The next best solution to natural light is an artificial ultraviolet light source rather than fluorescent or incandescent light bulbs. It is best to supply 2-12 hours of daylight and 12-14 hours of darkness each day, with a gradual increase in the number of hours of light in spring and a gradual decrease in the fall and winter months. You want to make the environment as natural as possible.
General Housekeeping:
Water containers must be cleaned regularly and thoroughly to avoid bacterial build-ups that will make your snake sick.
Disinfect the snake's enclosure and furnishings at least once every 2-4 weeks.
Your pet’s new home:
Snakes require relatively little space because of their limited activity. The size of the enclosure should be large enough to allow the snake adequate room to stretch out and move around. Aquariums, or other similar glass and Plexiglas-lined enclosures, are usually the best because they allow a good visual of your pet and still allow you to maintain suitable safety and environmental temperature and humidity levels.
Wire-lined enclosures cannot maintain proper temperature and humidity levels and present a problem with injuries to the nose of your snake because they will try and escape through the wire mesh. Any enclosure must have a secure top and be escape-proof.
Good homes need good flooring:
Unprinted newsprint, butcher paper, paper towels, terrycloth towels and indoor-outdoor carpeting are the most suitable materials for covering the bottom of a snake's home. Do not use pea gravel, kitty litter, or wood shavings because they make the snakes house too difficult to clean and will trap moisture and filth, becoming a home to external parasites. And these materials can be accidentally eaten while the snake is feeding, causing injury to the digestive tract.
Contents of your pet’s home:
Your snake’s home should include some sturdy branches of various hardwood trees, or those fabricated from artificial materials. You can also include hanging ropes and driftwood.
Snakes need privacy and a place to go when feeding since some reptiles do not like to feed while in the open. You can use a couple of boxes they can curl up inside, and you can use silk artificial plants which are easy to clean and disinfect. These help with the humidity because they can be misted frequently. And this all makes your snake’s home look nice.
Controlled Temperatures:
Tropical snakes like the Boa and Python require daytime temperatures between 80 and 85° F. At night, the temperatures can fall between 70 and 75 F without creating problems. Large enclosures can have heat lamps, or heaters, equipped with thermostats. Small enclosures can be adequately heated by placing a heating pad directly underneath them.
Plan to heat only half the enclosure so the snake has a cooler place to retreat to when it wants. Exposed heat sources must be shielded to protect snakes from serious burns as they will attempt to warm themselves by coiling right against them.
Check these appliances frequently for malfunction and periodically check the snake for evidence of burns because snakes generally do not move away from heat-generating appliances even if they are being severely burned.
Humidity and Water:
Snakes should have clean water for drinking and bathing. Normally, this will also meet the humidity needs your snake requires. If it doesn’t, then you can place the water dish under the light or heater. This will increase evaporation and, subsequently, increase the humidity. If you do this, then a second dish of water should be placed away from the heat source as snakes do not like to drink hot water.
Proper Lighting:
The next best solution to natural light is an artificial ultraviolet light source rather than fluorescent or incandescent light bulbs. It is best to supply 2-12 hours of daylight and 12-14 hours of darkness each day, with a gradual increase in the number of hours of light in spring and a gradual decrease in the fall and winter months. You want to make the environment as natural as possible.
General Housekeeping:
Water containers must be cleaned regularly and thoroughly to avoid bacterial build-ups that will make your snake sick.
Disinfect the snake's enclosure and furnishings at least once every 2-4 weeks.
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